Interviews with current and former OpenAI employees detail how updates that made ChatGPT more appealing to boost growth sent some users into delusional spirals
It sounds like science fiction: A company turns a dial on a product used by hundreds of millions of people and inadvertently destabilizes some of their minds.
Revolut reaches a $75B valuation in its latest share sale led by Coatue, Greenoaks, and others, up from $45B in 2024, making it Europe's most valuable startup
Revolut Ltd. garnered a $75 billion valuation in its latest share sale after months of courting investors, a steep increase …
Amazon begins previewing its Amazon Leo satellite internet system for a select group of customers, ahead of a wider public rollout planned for 2026
Amazon Leo, the recently rebranded satellite-internet system meant to rival SpaceX's Starlink, has begun previewing its service for a select group …
OpenAI confirms Andrea Vallone, the head of an OpenAI safety research team that works on ChatGPT's mental health responses, is set to leave at the end of 2025
The model policy team leads core parts of AI safety research, including how ChatGPT responds to users in crisis.
Analysis: as crypto sheds $1T+, the Trump family's fortune has fallen to ~$6.7B from $7.7B in early September; President Trump's TMTG stake fell by ~$800M
In President Donald Trump's second term, crypto assets transformed his family's wealth. Now the Trumps — and their followers …
OPM Director Scott Kupor earlier this month said DOGE “doesn't exist” and OPM took over many of its functions, eight months before DOGE was set to close
Good morning. I've been thinking a lot about how a fleet … Nicholas Ballasy / Just The News : DOGE officially dissolved, OPM says NDTV Profit : Trump's Government Efficiency Department Disbands 8 Mon...
Major insurers have recently sought permission from US regulators to offer policies excluding liabilities tied to businesses deploying AI chatbots and agents
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
Alibaba says its Qwen app drew 10M+ downloads in the week after its relaunch, one of the fastest app adoption rates behind ChatGPT, particularly in China
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s Qwen app drew more than 10 million downloads in the week after its relaunch, boding well for a longer-term effort …
AWS announces a commitment to invest up to $50B to build AI and HPC infrastructure for the US government, starting in 2026 and adding nearly 1.3 GW of capacity
AWS CEO says investment will remove technology barriers holding back federal agencies — EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Web Services (AWS) …
Sam Altman and Jony Ive say they have settled on a design for OpenAI's device, speaking to Laurene Powell Jobs; Ive says it could debut in “less than” two years
OpenAI's first piece of hardware could arrive in “less than” two years, according to Ive
Internal documents: Amazon's data center operations total 900+ facilities in 50+ countries, including AWS colocation facilities, higher than commonly understood
Amazon.com Inc.'s data center operation is much larger than commonly understood, totaling more than 900 facilities in more than 50 countries …
Sources: Shopify salespeople engaged in a sales fraud scheme inflating deal values for over a year, leading to internal investigations in mid-2024 and firings
Shopify salespeople were inflating the value of the deals they were closing. When management found out, they told staff to own up or face the consequences.
Model ML, which aims to use AI agents to automate grunt work done by investment bankers like making pitch decks, raised $75M, after raising $12M earlier in 2025
The artificial intelligence startup Model ML raised $75 million as it looks to develop technology to replace much of the grunt work done …
Lenovo CFO Winston Cheng says the PC maker is stockpiling memory and other critical components amid a supply crunch, holding inventories ~50% higher than usual
Lenovo Group Ltd. is stockpiling memory and other critical components to navigate a supply crunch brought on by the boom in artificial intelligence.
Banking tech vendor SitusAMC says it suffered a November 12 hack that could expose sensitive customer data; sources say JPMorgan, Citi, and others are impacted
On November 12, 2025, SitusAMC ("we" or the “Company") became aware of an incident … Connor Jones / The Register : Intrusion at real estate finance biz sparks concern for big banks Eric Geller / Cyber...
Hashrate Index: China's bitcoin mining market share rebounded to 14% by the end of October, making it the world's third-largest miner despite China's 2021 ban
Amazon-backed nuclear reactor developer X-energy raised $700M led by Jane Street, taking its total funding to $1.4B, to build 150 SMRs in the US and the UK
Jamie Smyth / Financial Times :
CISA changes left some US states without election cybersecurity help; California says CISA gave little support during the November 4 vote on redistricting
Today's notice: What we'll remember about the last three days. Bluesky: Kev / @57kev : Yes everyone should be very worried but not surprised as he did tell us this was the plan... @cotol17 : This is c...
Amazon unveils its Autonomous Threat Analysis system, born from a 2024 internal hackathon, to use AI agents competing in teams to identify vulnerabilities
Born out of an internal hackathon, Amazon's Autonomous Threat Analysis system uses a variety of specialized AI agents to detect weaknesses … Bluesky: @wired.com Bluesky: @wired.com : Born out of an in...
Researchers detail popEVE, an AI model to predict the disease-causing potential of unknown human genetic mutations, and says it beats Google's AlphaMissense
It has already been used to help a muscular atrophy sufferer in Senegal. — www.ft.com/content/bc49...
Dutch online grocery store Picnic raised €430M from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and others, after raising €355M in January 2024
John Reynolds / Tech.eu :
The EU unconditionally approves Omnicom's $13.25B all-stock deal to buy Interpublic, creating the world's largest ad agency to better compete with Big Tech
Bart Meijer / Reuters :
A look at New Save Collective, a group of gamers and activists roleplaying ICE raids in Fortnite and GTA 5 to prepare for real-world situations
Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired :
NYC-based Opti, an enterprise identity security service that uses AI to analyze user, system, and access relationships, raised a $20M seed led by YL Ventures
Chris Metinko / Axios :
Apple's DMA compliance isn't “malicious”, but an effort to balance its privacy focus with the EU's mandate, as iOS 26.2 iPhone and Watch Wi-Fi sync changes show
My Wi-Fi networks include my: employer, apartment complex, doctor's office, library, favorite coffee shop, and the Airbnbs I stay at when traveling. — Combined, it's a comprehensive fingerprint. — ...
Ubisoft says Tencent's €1.16B investment in Vantage Studios, set to reduce its debt, is complete, giving Tencent a 26% stake in Vantage and valuing it at €3.8B
Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg :
Q&A with Z.ai Director of Product Zixuan Li on Chinese AI models embracing open source, attracting global users for its GLM model, training on memes, and more
“a few hours” and the model is on HuggingFace. — www.chinatalk.media/p/the-zai- pl... …
Sources: Infinite Reality, rebranded as Napster, told staff that $3B+ in funding from an unnamed investor is not coming, calling itself a “victim of misconduct”
Forbes : Bluesky: @mrmarketmis . Forums: Slashdot Bluesky: @mrmarketmis : So many 🚩🚩🚩 in this company [embedded post] Forums: Slashdot : Napster Said It Raised $3 Billion From a Mystery Investor. Bu...
Flexion, which is building a full autonomy stack for humanoid robots, raised a $50M Series A from DST Global Partners, NVentures, and others, after a $7M+ seed
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News : Bluesky: @originalsp.in Bluesky: Jeff Yang / @originalsp.in : Has anyone asked if we WANT humanoid robots to have “full autonomy” [embedded post]
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